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The 2018 Book Festival was a huge success with our Live Reading of "Neither Night nor Day" out front of the Austin Capital that promoted literacy to youth. We also had games, activities, tattoos and so much more from the Avian Kingdom to bring value and promote literacy to younger…

Last week, the Under Our Wings team opened their wings to the kids at Texas Children's Hospital for the 5th year. With the help of sponsors and volunteers, we put 1400 books and Valentine's kits in thousands of little hands. This year, the event benefited not just Texas Children’s Hospital…

Under Our Wings wants your school to join us in promoting literacy and community by participating in the Literacy Egg FourSquare Challenge. This is a fun and collaborative learning activity where you and your students draw/paint/color a Literacy Egg in one of your four square boxes. We are asking schools…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Under Our Wings is an outreach program that fosters literacy, foundational character building, and environmental stewardship through its mentorship initiative, interactive games, and inspiring bilingual series, Avian Kingdom: Feathered Tales. The program delivers these life lessons through the support of sponsors and volunteers that share the same values and community…

Over the past 4 years, with the help of generous sponsors, amazing volunteers, and selfless special guests, Under Our Wings has hosted a Valentines extravaganza for kids at Texas Children's Hospital, Houston Area Women's Center, and the Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen. Our efforts have put over 6500 Avian Kingdom…

Looking for an easy way for your students to give back this holiday season? We can help. We are collecting Christmas cards to give to children at the hospital and the shelter this holiday season. Help us collect 1000 cards by downloading the template, coloring the cards, and sending them…

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the Under Our Wings team has been focusing efforts towards helping flood victims and their families get back on their feet. With our home base in Houston, we found ourselves quite lucky to not have experienced any flood damage. However, we must now turn…

This Saturday July 8th, the Under Our Wings program will have the honor of being the beneficiary of the 2017 Space City Sevens Rugby Tournament. During this Star Wars themed event, our team will assist in live-streaming game action, interviews and more via the Space City Sevens's Facebook page. Be…

The Avian Kingdom team soared back down to Brownsville last week for another Literacy Tour. Hundreds of kids received a new Avian Kingdom book. That's not all. Dual-language educational hip hop artist, Guero Loco, brought more fun and excitement to the presentations, with live musical performances. Check out all the…

Under Our Wings hosted another successful Casino Night party this year. Sponsors and attendees raised over $12,500, greatly surpassing last year's donation. The party was a blast for the 225 attendees and the Under Our Wings team. Everyone had a chance to mingle and network with their current and potential…

After Captain Eagle and Dr.Hoots spent the day delivering 3,000 books to the Texas Children’s Hospital, they went home to spend time with their families. The heroes woke up to find something very important missing: The Teaching Trailer! Villains had crept into the literacy lair and stole the Avian Kingdom’s…

It’s time again for our annual event, A Dash to Remember. The past three years for Valentine’s Day, Avian Kingdom’s outreach initiative, the Under Our Wings Literacy Program delivered books, activity packages, and handmade valentines to the children at the Texas Children’s Hospital. As the program continues to gain help from local sponsors…

Over the weekend, we partnered with Reach Youth Global to put on a back to school event. we had such an amazing time at North Brook Middle School! Along with GueroLoco and Dr. Hoots, we gave away so many backpacks and uniforms. What a great start to the 2016…

We just got back from an AWESOME adventure in Brownsville, TX. Teachers from 12 amazing school invited not only us, but Captain Eagle, Dr. Hoots, and Vladimira to come down and teach their kids about energy, birds of prey, and the importance of reading. They were even gifted with books…